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Jul 29, 2004 in Special Effects

Crystal Craze in Photoshop

There seems to be this huge craze on crystals going around the design world. Originally the crystals were created in a 3D program and imported to Photoshop where all kinds of coolness is added. In this tutorial I will show you an easy way to create these cry...

Jul 29, 2004 in Miscellaneous Photoshop Tutorials

Wrapping Around a Cylinder in Photoshop

Here is another tutorial that has come about by a request from the forum. This is how you wrap something around a cylinder. Step 1. Begin with a cylinder. or make your own with the gradient tool. If you make your o

Jul 29, 2004 in Drawing Techniques

Photo Edges in Photoshop

To celebrate the new Photography section in the Cafe, lets try our hand at creating high Impact Photographic edges using the quickmask tool. Start with your image Make a selection around the inside of the image Invert the s...

Jul 29, 2004 in Photo Editing

Realistic Spotlight Effect in Photoshop

I am going to show you an alternative to lightening your photographs. This technique will add depth to your lighting and emphisis to your subject. Take this picture of a Porsche as an example, it is a little bit underexpos...

Jul 29, 2004 in Text Effects

Making Text Look Sharper On Your Webpage

There are a few little tricks that will help your text look a bit sharper on your webpages, especially at smaller sizes. Resizing When resampling blocks of text, the...

Jul 29, 2004 in Text Effects

Creating Toxic Waste Effects Using Photoshop 7s New Brush features

This week we are going to look at creating a text effect using the new scatter brush option. This effect is simple to create and its not limited to ...

Jul 29, 2004 in Miscellaneous Photoshop Tutorials

Water Splashes

Step 1 Open background image. Here we used 400 X 250 pixels at 72dpi. Copy this image to your computer or use your own. Step 2 Create a new layer. Press "D" to set default foreground and background colors. Filter > Render > Clouds. Step 3 Filter > Stylize > Find edges. S...

Jul 29, 2004 in 3D Tutorials

3d Cube in Photoshop

Start with a square. Here I made a new document 300X300, created a new layer and filled it with a gradient. Press Crtl/Cmd+T to enter free-transform mode. Right click/Cmd click... when the dropdown menu appears, select SKEW Click on ...

Jul 29, 2004 in Special Effects

Lightning Bolts

Here is a nice little tutorial to show you how to electrify your images with lightning in Photoshop. On a new layer, create a black to white gradient, diagonally from the top left, to the bottom right. Fi